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Movie poster

Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (Japanese: ポケモンレンジャーと蒼海の王子 マナフィ Pokémon Ranger and the Prince of the Sea: Manaphy) is the fourth Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation movie, and 9th of all Pokémon movies. The movie debuted in Japanese cinemas on July 15, 2006 and made its United States debut on Cartoon Network on March 23, 2007. As indicated by the title, elements from the game Pokémon Ranger play a large part. May also has a large role in the movie's story, though she controversially has little effect on the climax.

Plot

The group meet a group of water performers and a Pokémon Ranger who are guarding a mysterious egg. When a Manaphy hatches in May's arms, she becomes its mother and the group help deliver the Seafaring Pokémon to an underwater temple. However, an evil pirate is after Manaphy and the treasure the temple contains.

Main article: Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (Plot summary)

Featured Pokémon

• Kyogre
• Manaphy

Debuts

• Manaphy
• Mantyke
• Buizel
• Chatot

Cast

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From left: Kunihiko Yuyama, Hori, Becky, Sowelu, Pikachu, Kaori Manabe, Hiroshi Fujioka, Kōichi Yamadera, Rica Matsumoto, Manaphy

				出演
Ash Ketchum	Sarah Natochenny	Satoshi	Rica Matsumoto	サトシ	松本梨香
Pikachu	Ikue Ohtani	Pikachu	Ikue Ohtani	ピカチュウ	大谷育江
Brock	Bill Rogers	Takeshi	Yūji Ueda	タケシ	うえだ　ゆうじ
May	Michele Knotz	Haruka	KAORI	ハルカ	KAORI
Max	Kayzie Rogers	Masato	Fushigi Yamada	マサト	山田ふしぎ
Jessie	Michele Knotz	Musashi	Megumi Hayashibara	ムサシ	林原めぐみ
James	Jimmy Zoppi	Kojirō	Shin'ichirō Miki	コジロウ	三木眞一郎
Meowth	Jimmy Zoppi	Nyarth	Inuko Inuyama	ニャース	犬山イヌコ
Manaphy	Michele Knotz	Manaphy	Yuri Shiratori	マナフィ	白鳥由里
Intercome Pilot	Ken Gates	Ship	Tomomichi Nishimura	シップ	西村知道
Kyle	Armen Mazlumian	Kai	Seiji Sasaki	カイ	佐々木誠二
Merideth	Annie Silver	Minamo	Takako Honda	ミナモ	本田貴子
		Giju	Kenta Miyake	ギジュ	三宅健太
		Gabu	Hiroshi Ōtake	ガブ	大竹　宏
		Dabu	Toshiya Ueda	ダブ	上田敏也
		Sabu	Katsuhisa Hōki	サブ	宝亀克寿
Munchlax	Billy Beach	Gonbe	Chie Satō	ゴンベ	佐藤智恵
Buizel	Daisuke Sakaguchi	Buoysel	Daisuke Sakaguchi	ブイゼル	阪口大助
Mantyke	Daisuke Sakaguchi	Tamanta		タマンタ
Medicham		Charem	Chinami Nishimura	チャーレム	西村ちなみ
Corphish	Bill Rogers	Heigani	Katsuyuki Konishi	ヘイガニ	小西克幸
Squirtle	Eric Stuart (voice clips)	Zenigame	Tomoe Hanba	ゼニガメ	半場友恵
Aipom	Miyako Itō	Eipam	Miyako Itō	エイパム	伊東みやこ
Octillery		Okutank	Kōichi Sakaguchi	オクタン	坂口候一
Luvdisc		Lovecus	Natsuki Yoshihara	ラブカス	吉原ナツキ
Goldeen		Tosakinto	Tōko Aoyama	トサキント	青山桐子
Qwilfish		Harysen	Tetsuharu Ōta	ハリーセン	太田哲治
Wailord		Whaloh	Riichi Nishimoto	ホエルオー	西本理一
Mantine	Takafumi Kawakami	Mantain	Takafumi Kawakami	マンタイン	川上貴史
Chinchou		Chonchie	Kaya Miyake	チョンチー	三宅華也
Narration	Ken Gates	Narration	Unshō Ishizuka	ナレーション	石塚運昇
		Special appearances by		特別出演
Phantom	Eric Schussler	Phantom	Hiroshi Fujioka	ファントム	藤岡　弘、
Jackie	Rich McNanna	Jack Walker ("Jackie")	Kōichi Yamadera	ジャック・ウォーカー	山寺宏一
Lizabeth	Emily Williams	Hiromi	Kaori Manabe	ヒロミ	眞鍋かをり
Judy	Rhonda Krempa	Judy	Becky	ジュディ	ベッキー
Chatot	Sean Reyes	Perap	Hori	ペラップ	ホリ

Staff

Created by 原案	Satoshi Tajiri Jun'ichi Masuda Ken Sugimori	田尻　智 増田順一 杉森　建
Production supervisor スーパーバイザー	Tsunekazu Ishihara	石原恒和
Animation supervisor アニメーション監修	Yōichi Kotabe	小田部羊一
Executive producers エグゼクティブプロデューサー	Masakazu Kubo Kenjirō Itō	久保雅一 伊藤憲二郎
Producers プロデューサー	Chōji Yoshikawa Yukako Matsusako Jun'ya Okamoto Takemoto Mori	吉川兆二 松迫由香子 岡本順哉 盛　武源
Animation producers アニメーションプロデューサー	Toshiaki Okuno Shūkichi Kanda	奥野敏聡 神田修吉
Screenplay 脚本	Hideki Sonoda	園田英樹
Storyboard 絵コンテ	Kunihiko Yuyama Satoshi Kimura Yoshikazu Miyao	湯山邦彦 木村　哲 宮尾佳和
Assistant directors 演出	Kōjin Ochi Masakatsu Iijima Yūji Asada Yumi Kamakura Tetsuya Endō Yoshimobu Tokumoto Naohito Takahashi Yoshikazu Miyao	於地紘仁 飯島正勝 浅田裕二 鎌倉由実 えんどう　てつや 徳本善信 高橋ナオヒト 宮尾佳和
Character design キャラクターデザイン	Kazuaki Mōri Norihiko Matsuhara Sayuri Ichiishi Toshiya Yamada	毛利和昭 松原徳弘 一石小百合 山田俊也
Executive animation directors 総作画監督	Kazuaki Mōri Kazumi Satō	毛利和昭 佐藤和巳
Animation directors 作画監督	Tokuhiro Matsubara Yūko Inoue Tadaaki Miyata Kōichi Taguchi Akihiro Tamagawa Takuya Matsumoto Takayuki Shimura Tomoaki Sakiyama Masato Sawada	松原徳弘 井ノ上ユウ子 みやた　ただあき 田口広一 玉川明洋 松本卓也 志村隆行 崎山知明 沢田正人
Color keys 色彩設計	Miyuki Satō Noriyuki Yoshino	佐藤美由紀 吉野記通
Colorist 色指定	Akemi Nagao Akiko Inoue Akemi Tejima	長尾朱美 井上昭子 手嶋明美
Art supervisor 美術監修	Katsuyoshi Kanemura	金村勝義
Art director 美術監督	Minoru Akiba	秋葉みのる
Director of photography 撮影監督	Takaya Mizutani	水谷貴哉
CGI	OLM Digital	OLM Digital
CGI director CGI監督	Makoto Satō	佐藤　誠
CGI producer CGIプロデューサー	Misako Saka	坂　美佐子
Editor 編集	Toshio Henmi	辺見俊夫
Music 音楽	Shinji Miyazaki	宮崎慎二
Music producers 音楽プロデューサー	Kazuo Shinohara Yūji Saitō	篠原一雄 齋藤裕二
Sound recording mixer 劇場用レコーディングミキサー	Jūji Nakamura	中村充時
Original score (partial) 一部原曲・作曲	Gō Ichinose Morikazu Aoki	一之瀬　剛 青木森一
Chorus コーラス	VOJA Yasuhiro Kido Hiyama Kiyoshi Naoki Takao Yoshito Fuchigami	VOJA 木戸泰弘 比山　清 高尾直樹 渕上祥人
Sound director 音響監督	Masafumi Mima	三間雅文
Recording studio 録音スタジオ	Aoi Studio	アオイスタジオ
Audio production 音響制作	HALF H·P STUDIO	HALF H·P STUDIO
Production 制作	Shōgakukan Production	小学館プロダクション
Animation production アニメーション制作	OLM Team Koitabashi	OLM Team Koitabashi
Director 監督	Kunihiko Yuyama	湯山邦彦

Trivia

• This episode premiered in Japan between the episodes Aipom and Circumstance and Strategy Tomorrow - Comedy Tonight!.
• Yuyama Kunihiko traveled to Italy to visit the ruins of Rome, the city of Naples and the island of Capri to get ideas for the setting of the movie.
• The Korean dub of the movie premiered on July 20, 2006, only 5 days after the Japanese premiere.
• The title card animation sequence begins with a depiction of the hexagonal crystal lattice of ice, however, the orientation of some water molecules is wrong: there should only be one hydrogen atom on every edge and one oxygen atom at every vertex.
• An a capella version of Spurt! is played as the background music in the scenes where Jackie explained why he protects Pokémon and when Ash and May are swimming with Manaphy and Buizel.
• This was the first Pokémon movie to be dubbed by Pokémon USA.
• In the dub, when diamonds and pearls are mentioned for the first time in the movie, Meowth says "Those would be great names for games". When they get mentioned second time, he says "Let's get through this season." Obviously he is referencing the games Pokémon Diamond and Pearl and the next season.
• Although the posters and DVD cover show Ash controlling some kind of ship, he never actually does this in the movie.
• The clothes Jackie wears during his flashback resemble Gold's.
• Jackie captures a Fearow with his styler, which is most likely a reference to Ringtown's Ranger Leader Spenser and his Fearow.
• Near the climax of the movie, Ash turns his hat backwards for the first time in several seasons.
• The following year's Detective Conan movie, Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure, features a lot of similarities with the premise of this movie, including the female co-star being less useful than anticipated.
• The movie aired on Cartoon Network in the UK, along with Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, before Destiny Deoxys was released on DVD, which still has yet to happen.
• Teaser scenes that were used in the movie trailer shown at the end of the Japanese version of Pokémon Ranger - Deoxys Crisis! ultimately did not make it into the movie; such as a scene where Ash is washed away while calling for Pikachu, a scene where May's and Lizabeth's bracelets glow, and a scene which shows an alternate version of the architecture of the Sea Temple, as well as a nighttime scene where Kyogre leaps out of the water and back in.
• In a sneak peek of the movie on a Pokémon Sunday Segment, Ash made a reference to The Green Guardian. When he first meets Jack Walker in the preview, he says セレビィに負けないくらい森とポケモンを愛してる人だったな～.

Errors

• When a bird's eye view of the young Jackie surrounded by Pokémon was shown, the long feathers on the Altaria's heads were white instead of the normal blue.

Box office performance

Source: goo 映画

The general screening of Pokémon Ranger and the Prince of the Sea: Manaphy ran for 6 weeks from July 15 to August 25, 2006.

2006	July 15 - 16	July 22 - 23	July 29 - 30	August 5 - 6	August 12 - 13	August 19 - 20	August 26 - 27	September 2 - 3
Overall ranking	⇨ 2nd	⇩ 3rd	⇩ 4th	⇩ 5th	⇧ 4th	⇩ 6th	⇩ 8th	⇩ 10th
Domestic movies	⇨ 2nd	⇨ 2nd	⇩ 3rd	⇩ 4th	⇧ 3rd	⇩ 4th	⇩ 6th	⇨ 6th
Anime movies	⇨ 1st	⇨ 1st	⇩ 2nd	⇨ 2nd	⇨ 2nd	⇨ 2nd	⇨ 2nd	⇨ 2nd

External links

• Official website (Japanese)